With a fine piece of investigative work, Iowahawk has uncovered the not-yet-released report of the Alberta Human Rights Commission's investigation into Ezra Levant.
Read it here.
Posted by Jaeger at January 23, 2008 8:01 AMGood one! Had me going there for a sec.
Posted by: Texas Canuck at January 23, 2008 8:18 AMAwesome! I love the smiley faces, too. And the "if not white male, please explain". Very clever.
Posted by: SheilaG at January 23, 2008 8:25 AMFunny stuff but you know something in me wanted to believe that what I was reading was the real deal. I mean, come on - that is probably pretty close to what this is all about. I love the remedy part - two goats - beheading. Probably close to what would happen to Ezra if he lived in Saudi Arabia. Thanks for the great laugh to start my day!
Posted by: a different Bob at January 23, 2008 8:34 AMPerfect. Too bad Canucks can't see the farce as clearly as Iowahawk does. Leave it to the Yanks. Again.This outta drive the leftards just a bit more (allegedly) bonkers. Heh
Posted by: Justthinkin at January 23, 2008 8:35 AMIndeed, all that Magna Carta stuff is just a lot of "back-sass" to the AHRC. They could, like, soooo improve on it...
Posted by: dean spencer - fox at January 23, 2008 9:01 AMPretty humorous satire...but so close to the truth it's frightening.
Posted by: WL Mackenzie Redux at January 23, 2008 9:08 AMSlightly off topic....but relalevent and long.
Hope this is ok Kate.
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Something further to think about.........
SALUTE to Denmark ...
Susan MacAllen is a contributing editor for (FamilySecurityMatters.org)
Salute the Danish Flag - it's a Symbol of Western Freedom By Susan MacAllen
In 1978-9 I was living and studying in Denmark . But in 1978 - even in Copenhagen ,
one didn't see Muslim immigrants.
The Danish population embraced visitors, celebrated the exotic, went out of its way to
protect each of its citizens. It was proud of its new brand of socialist liberalism one in
development since the conservatives had lost power in 1929 - a system where no worker
had to struggle to survive, where one ultimately could count upon the state as in, perhaps,
no other western nation at the time.
The rest of Europe saw the Scandinavians as free-thinking, progressive and infinitely generous
in their welfare policies. Denmark boasted low crime rates, devotion to the environment, a
superior educational system and a history of humanitarianism. Denmark was also most generous
in its immigration policies - it offered the best welcome in Europe to the new immigrant:
generous welfare payments from first arrival plus additional perks in transportation, housing
and education. It was determined to set a world example for inclusiveness and multiculturalism.
How could it have predicted that one day in 2005 a series of political cartoons in a newspaper
would spark violence that would leave dozens dead in the streets - all because its commitment
to multiculturalism would come back to bite?
By the 1990's the growing urban Muslim population was obvious - and its unwillingness to
integrate into Danish society was obvious. Years of immigrants had settled into Muslim-exclusive
enclaves. As the Muslim leadership became more vocal about what they considered the
decadence of Denmark 's liberal way of life, the Danes - once so welcoming - began to feel slighted.
Many Danes had begun to see Islam as incompatible with their long-standing values: belief in
personal liberty and free speech, in equality for women, in tolerance for other ethnic groups,
and a deep pride in Danish heritage and history.
The New York Post in 2002 ran an article by Daniel Pipes and Lars Hedegaard, in which they
forecasted accurately that the growing immigrant problem in Denmark would explode. In the
article they reported:
"Muslim immigrants.constitute 5 percent of the population but consume upwards of 40 percent
of the welfare spending." "Muslims are only 4 percent of Denmark 's 5.4 million people but make
up a majority of the country's convicted rapists, an especially combustible issue given that
practically all the female victims are non-Muslim. Similar, if lesser, disproportions are found
in other crimes."
"Over time, as Muslim immigrants increase in numbers, they wish less to mix with the indigenous
population. A recent survey finds that only 5 percent of young Muslim immigrants would readily
marry a Dane." "Forced marriages - promising a newborn daughter in Denmark to a male cousin in
the home country, then compelling her to marry him, sometimes on pain of death - are one problem"
"Muslim leaders openly declare their goal of introducing Islamic law once Denmark 's Muslim population
grows large enough - a not-that-remote prospect. If present trends persist, one sociologist estimates,
every third inhabitant of Denmark in 40 years will be Muslim."
It is easy to understand why a growing number of Danes would feel that Muslim immigrants show little
respect for Danish values and laws.
An example is the phenomenon common to other European countries and the U.S .: some Muslims in
Denmark who opted to leave the Muslim faith have been murdered in the name of Islam, while others
hide in fear for their lives. Jews are also threatened and harassed openly by Muslim leaders in Denmark ,
a country where once Christian citizens worked to smuggle out nearly all of their 7,000 Jews by night
to Sweden - before the Nazis could invade. I think of my Danish friend Elsa - who as a teenager had
dreaded crossing the street to the bakery every morning under the eyes of occupying Nazi soldiers
- and I wonder what she would say today.
In 2001, Denmark elected the most conservative government in some 70 years - one that had some
decidedly non-generous ideas about liberal unfettered immigration. Today Denmark has the strictest
immigration policies in Europe . (Its effort to protect itself has been met with accusations of "racism"
by liberal media across Europe - even as other governments struggle to right the social problems
wrought by years of too-lax immigration.)
If you wish to become Danish, you must attend three years of language classes. You must pass a test
on Denmark's history, culture, and a Danish language test. You must live in Denmark for 7 years before
applying for citizenship. You must demonstrate an intent to work, and have a job waiting. If you wish
to bring a spouse into Denmark , you must both be over 24 years of age, and you won't find it so easy
anymore to move your friends and family to Denmark with you.
You will not be allowed to build a mosque in Copenhagen . Although your children have a choice of
some 30 Arabic culture and language schools in Denmark , they will be strongly encouraged to
assimilate to Danish society in ways that past immigrants weren't.
In 2006, the Danish minister for employment, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, spoke publicly of the burden
of Muslim immigrants on the Danish welfare system, and it was horrifying: the government's welfare
committee had calculated that if immigration from Third World countries were blocked, 75 percent
of the cuts needed to sustain the huge welfare system in coming decades would be unnecessary.
In other words, the welfare system as it existed was being exploited by immigrants to the point
of eventually bankrupting the government.
"We are simply forced to adopt a new policy on immigration. The calculations of the welfare
committee are terrifying and show how unsuccessful the integration of immigrants has been
up to now," he said.
A large thorn in the side of Denmark 's imams is the Minister of Immigration and Integration,
Rikke Hvilshoj. She makes no bones about the new policy toward immigration, "The number of
foreigners coming to the country makes a difference," Hvilshøj says, "There is an inverse correlation
between how many come here and how well we can receive the foreigners that come." And on
Muslim immigrants needing to demonstrate a willingness to blend in, "In my view, Denmark should
be a country with room for different cultures and religions. Some values, however, are more
important than others. We refuse to question democracy, equal rights, and freedom of speech."
Hvilshoj has paid a price for her show of backbone. Perhaps to test her resolve, the leading
radical imam in Denmark , Ahmed Abdel Rahman Abu Laban, demanded that the government pay
blood money to the family of a Muslim who was murdered in a suburb of Copenhagen , stating that
the family's thirst for revenge could be thwarted for money. When Hvilshoj dismissed his demand,
he argued that in Muslim culture the payment of retribution money was common, to which Hvilshoj
replied that what is done in a Muslim country is not necessarily what is done in Denmark . The Muslim
reply came soon after: her house was torched while she, her husband and children slept. All managed
to escape unharmed, but she and her family were moved to a secret location and she and other
ministers were assigned bodyguards for the first time - in a country where such murderous
violence was once so scarce.
Her government has slid to the right, and her borders have tightened. Many believe that what
happens in the next decade will determine whether Denmark survives as a bastion of good living,
humane thinking and social responsibility, or whether it becomes a nation at civil war with
supporters of Sharia law.
And meanwhile, Canadians clamor for stricter immigration policies, and demand an end to state
welfare programs that allow many immigrants to live on the public dole. As we in Canada look at
the enclaves of Muslims amongst us, and see those who enter our shores too easily, dare live on
our taxes, yet refuse to embrace our culture, respect our traditions, participate in our legal system,
obey our laws, speak our language, appreciate our history . . we would do well to look to Denmark ,
and say a prayer for her future and for our own..
Posted by: gl1800 at January 23, 2008 9:36 AMI Noticed nothing IS check marked after - IMMIGRATION STATUS!
DAMAGES SOUGHT - "Retraction, formal public apology, two goats, $4,500, conversion to Islam, beheading"
Good one Iowahawk!
He does have quite a wit:
Check out the REPRESENTING: line
Posted by: Brent Weston at January 23, 2008 9:52 AMCan't touch that with gloves on!
Busted a gut , but,..
What's a "Cleveland steamer"
Forgot the extortion called jizya to be paid to the deadbeat Muslims for life. Oh, and as the infidel Ezra annually pays it, it's required that he's further humiliated by kneeling, getting a slap on the head and spit on while called kaffir, meaning subhuman son of pigs and apes.
Of course, if he has a wife and children, they can be taken at any time as slaves for rape and debauchery as well.
If the HRC is going to introduce shariah, they might as well get it right to the letter of Islamic law.
Posted by: irwin daisy at January 23, 2008 10:33 AMrich, please don't ask again, and NO-ONE explain it, thank you. It's pretty disgusting.
Posted by: Doug at January 23, 2008 11:00 AMIowahawk is one of the great things about America, a man who mocks mockworthy things to scorn without regard to race, religion, gender, national origin or sexual preference.
No, I don't know what a Cleveland steamer is either. I'm not sure I want to know.
Posted by: Douglas at January 23, 2008 11:05 AMCmon guest blogger. Dont waster my time with your nonsense. Kate does not do that. Just send it in a forward email like every other time waster. If that was Kate's post, IT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE BEEN THE LEAKED REPORT
Posted by: Bob at January 23, 2008 11:06 AMA Cleveland Steamer is when you pay a hooker to poop on your chest.
-- This has been a public service message brought to you by a youth corrupted by socialism.
Posted by: Jon at January 23, 2008 11:27 AMWhat an excellent spoof! Very clever too. Iowahawk's made fun of all the right [wrong!] things. I laughed my head off.
Many thanks, Jaeger!
Posted by: lookout at January 23, 2008 11:36 AMBetcha Jason Cherniak believed every word...
Posted by: Alienated at January 23, 2008 3:00 PM"Betcha Jason Cherniak believed every word"
Baghdad Cherniak, patron saint of lost causes, is too busy on his Facebook group supporting Krista Erickson.
Posted by: Doofus at January 23, 2008 3:45 PMPriceless, but sad that it may be far closer to the truth than we would like.
Posted by: Colin at January 23, 2008 4:30 PMI heart you, Iowahawk.
For Iowahawk's own take on the Danish cartoons, you should see this. I'm from Dallas and have lots of family in the upper Midwest and, well - it's not that far off . . . ;^)
Really, you have to read this. I'll give you a Hickory-Farms-style sample:
"Many of the frenzied demonstrators were seen ritualistically beating themselves with mozzarella sticks.
"The crowd eventually dispersed, lured away by local supper clubs and the nickel slots of nearby Oneida Bingo Casino, but Pastor Doug Schmidtke of Fond Du Lac's Grand Lutheran Temple threatened continued community unrest "until the infidels of Texas deliver an apology. And the head of Tom Landry in a paper bag."
Posted by: Meg Q at January 23, 2008 6:44 PMHeh... for awhile there, I actually believed it was genuine. "__Canadians United To Kill the Infidel and Drive the Jews to the Sea". "Dirty Sanchez", indeed! "Water Sports"?!
I mean, nothing's too assinine, insane, bizarre, unexpected, when we're dealing with the Far Left!
Posted by: The Canadian Sentinel at January 23, 2008 7:04 PMGood one! Had me going there for a sec.
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Me, too. LOL!!
Ezra should be pleased he's not in Afghanistan. You risk death for discussing inapropriate opinions found on the Internet there. Canada only puts you in prison (so far). Ask Thomaz Winnicki and Terry Tremaine how that works.
See: Don't print stuff from the Internet
at: http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/23/mental-note-do-not-print-stuff-from-the-internet-in-afghanistan/
Wouldn't Richard Warman and Warren Kinsella be much happier with the state of Internet regulation there? How is an Islamic council of clerics substantially different from a CHRT?
Posted by: Leaf-roller at January 24, 2008 6:52 AMWTF is B&D sexual orientation? Attraction to kitchen appliances and cordless tools?
Posted by: Aaron at January 24, 2008 10:24 AMWTF is B&D sexual orientation?
Yup, those would be those heavy-duty sex toys, I assume.
Posted by: Alienated at January 24, 2008 4:48 PM